Woke up to a foot of snow. Being the Oregon travel expert that I am, I declare today NOT a good day for a day trip. “Thank you, Master of the Obvious,” Captain Daddy would say, if he were here. As it were, he came blasting home from the fire station at 7:30 a.m., regarded…
Meet Ask Oregon Ambassador Kim Cooper Findling on the Travel Oregon Blog
An Oregon Tale: Local author Kim Cooper Findling gets personal with her state and her past in her new book, in the Source Weekly. Thank you, Mike Bookey – I’ll always worship you for comparing me to David Sedaris. I’m reading at Deschutes Public Library this Sunday December 11 at 2 p.m. Hope to see…
Wednesday’s “Day Trips From Portland” trivia Q and answer:
What city is home to the Oregon Film Museum?
Astoria
Congratulations to our book winner, Bill Baber!
Buy “Day Trips” at powells.com amazon.com and many book retailers! Happy Black Friday!
The Memoir Trip: On Book Touring and Opening Up Even More, by Kim Cooper Findling
on the Northwest Book Lovers website.
See Nestucca Spit Press for more info and here for tour dates.
This photo is me (center), my pops and my sis, Rogue River Trail, circa 1976. Good times!
Today’s Trivia Question: What Oregon city, filming site of The Goonies, Kindergarten Cop, Into the Wild, and many more movies, is now home to the Oregon Film Museum? Send me your answer today! Last day of the trivia blitz–I’ll choose a book winner on Black Friday. Yesterday’s Question and Answer: Where in Oregon can one…
Today’s Trivia Question: Which Oregon city boasts the only vertical street in North America? Email me your answer today! Friday’s Trivia Question and Answer: In what Oregon city was there a 1950 UFO sighting, photos of which landed in LIFE magazine? McMinnville. The sighting was never verified, but caused much hoopla nevertheless, and is marked by…
Today’s Trivia Question: In what Oregon city was there a 1950 UFO sighting, photos of which landed in LIFE magazine? Email me your answer today! Yesterday’s Question & Answer: What is the name of Oregon’s oldest bookstore, and where is it located? Klindt’s Books in The Dalles, which opened in 1870! How awesome is that? I’ll…
So begins the “Day Trips” blitz! Today’s trivia question: What is the name of Oregon’s oldest bookstore, and where is it located? email me your answer at kimcf at bendcable.com today. I’ll post the answer tomorrow, and keep track of correct answers over the next week and select a winner of a free book on…
